The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . flattened: Flower-buds, medium size,obtuse, dark brown. Leaves.—Large, roundish-ovate, narrowing towards each end, thick,deep green, glossy, wavy, prominently nerved, and coarsely and obtuselyserrated; petioles, medium length, three quarters to an inch long,stout, holding the leaves erect. Flowees.—Medium size : petals roundish, cupped. Fruit.—Medium size, about two and a half inches long, and twoand a quarter inches in diameter: Form, ovate, inclining
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . flattened: Flower-buds, medium size,obtuse, dark brown. Leaves.—Large, roundish-ovate, narrowing towards each end, thick,deep green, glossy, wavy, prominently nerved, and coarsely and obtuselyserrated; petioles, medium length, three quarters to an inch long,stout, holding the leaves erect. Flowees.—Medium size : petals roundish, cupped. Fruit.—Medium size, about two and a half inches long, and twoand a quarter inches in diameter: Form, ovate, inclining ,largest around the crown, rounding off the stem, where it ends obtusely:Skin, fair, smooth, pale yellow, interlaced with russet, brownish red onthe sunny side, and dotted with a few greenish and russety specks : Stem,short, about half an inch long, stout and slightly sunk in a shallow cav-ity : Eye, rather large, and little depressed in a shallow basin; segmentsof the calyx short, rounded: Flesh, yellowish white, fine, melting andjuicy: Flavor, rich, sweet, and pleasantly perfumed: Core, mediumsize : Seeds, medium Ripe in September, and keeps two or three weeks. [20]
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